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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Still plenty of time to enter the Contest!

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BECAUSE OF LATE DELIVERIES OF THE DINOSAUR HUNTER TO THE BOOKSTORES AND ON-LINE SELLERS, WE'RE EXTENDING THE "GET CAUGHT READING THE DINOSAUR HUNTER CONTEST" TO DECEMBER 5. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTRIES!****************************************************************SOME NEW ENTRIES TO THE GET CAUGHT READING THE DINOSAUR HUNTER CONTEST!

They look worried! Wonder what chapter they're on?

Marble gets caught listening!

WOW!

Another WOW!

Grammy-winning singing star Kathy Mattea is caught reading!

There's still plenty of time to enter the "Get Caught Reading The Dinosaur Hunter" Contest. Thank you for all the wonderful comments from those who've read the novel. Glad you enjoyed it. Now, get in on the fun and enter and win!

Dear Readers: Let’s have fun with my new book with a chance to win some great prizes too!

I am running a contest to have people “Get Caught Reading” my new book The Dinosaur Hunter. Win a specially autographed copy of the book and a cool collectable dinosaur-related prize!

21 winners in all!

See below for contest prizes and rules.

Let’s do it this way:

The whole idea is to take a picture of someone (or something) reading The Dinosaur Hunter. Now, be aware all photos must have the hardcover prominently displayed. See Homer's old Howdy Doody doll above for an example.

One submission per day per person, please. Please be aware that all photos submitted may be published on Facebook or our website. Contest ends quickly, November 18, so pre-order those books NOW by going to the Homer Hickam The Dinosaur Hunter Pageand clicking on the Internet book links OR go to your local bookstore and put yourself on the list for the first arrival of the book!

Homer Hickam, Author and Dinosaur Hunter

OK, here's our categories in the Get Caught Reading The Dinosaur Huntercontest:

The world' most romantic piano player,

handsome Jim Brickman,

Gets Caught Reading The Dinosaur Hunter!

• Contest 1 - Best photo of a person caught reading The Dinosaur Hunter(imaginative, funny, different, celebrity, WOW us!) There will be five winners in this category. First prize is a personalized and autographed copy of The Dinosaur Hunter, a Homer-signed cast of a T.rex skull, and a special Don Howard autographed caricature of Homer as writer and dino-hunter. Second through fifth prize-winners will each receive a Homer-signed T.rex crossing sign and an autographed picture of Homer! All very collectible and something no one else will have!

• Contest 2 - Best photo of an animal (or something else such as Homer's old Howdy Doody and friend above) caught reading The Dinosaur Hunter(imaginative, funny, different, WOW us!) There will be five winners in this category. First prize is a personalized and autographed copy of The Dinosaur Hunter, a Homer-signed cast of a T.rex skull, and a special Don Howard autographed caricature of Homer as writer and dino-hunter. Second through fifth prize-winners will each receive a Homer-signed T.rex crossing sign and an autographed picture of Homer! All very collectible and something no one else will have!

Homer holding up a T.rex claw

• Contest 3 - The most people in one photo caught reading The Dinosaur Hunter (each person in the photo should have their own copy). Be creative and WOW us! There will be five winners in this category. First prize is a personalized and autographed copy of The Dinosaur Hunter, a Homer-signed cast of a full-sized T.rex claw (this is a most prodigious claw and I can just barely stand to give it up), and a special Don Howard autographed caricature of Homer as writer and dino-hunter. Second through fifth prize-winners will each receive a Homer-signed T.rex crossing sign and an autographed picture of Homer! All very collectible and something no one else will have!

Radio personalities Toni and Gary Get Caught Reading The Dinosaur Hunter!

• Contest 4 - Video or animation that captures the true spirit of reading The Dinosaur Hunter! There will be three winners in this category. First prize is a personalized and autographed copy of The Dinosaur Hunter plus a Homer-signed 24” x 36” laminated poster of two T.rexes fighting. Very, very cool! Second and third prize-winners will each receive a Homer-signed T.rex skull cast and an autographed picture of Homer! All very collectible and something no one else will have!

• Contest 5 - This one is for our Newsletter subscribers only (we have a database of subscribers). In this newsletter, there is a sentence that reflects what we think maybe dinosaurs sounded like. Copy and paste the sentence and send it in an email to Linda (LTerry(nospam)@hiwaay.net – please remove the no spam) and she will put you into the pot for a drawing. If you would like to join our Newsletter list, go towww.homerhickam.com and enter your email in the box to the right. There will be three lucky winners of an autographed copy of The Dinosaur Hunter!

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Winner of the prestigious University of Alabama's Clarence Cason Award and the Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award for his memoirs and fiction plus many other writing awards including an honorary Doctorate of Literature from Marshall University, Homer Hickam (also known as Homer H. Hickam, Jr.) first burst on the writing scene with his nonfiction best-seller Torpedo Junction. His reputation as a writer swelled in 1998 with his # 1 New York Times best-selling memoir Rocket Boys. Since then, he has published many more highly-praised novels. A Vietnam combat veteran, Mr. Hickam has also been a coal miner, scuba instructor, paleontologist, and an engineer. For more information, please go to http://www.homerhickam.com.
His latest book is Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, a Woman, and her Alligator. Published by Wm. Morrow/Harper-Collins, it will be out in Oct. 2015.
Homer is on Facebook and can be found at http://www.facebook.com/HomerHickamOfficialPage
Homer shares his time between homes in
Huntsville, Alabama and St. John of the U.S. Virgin Islands.